Grammar 101, ... or, pet peeves Options

[agrippa]

Here's a place for us to bore eachother to death about grammar. I'll go first.

I. POSSESSIVES AND PLURALS

Most nouns are made plural by the addition of 's' or 'es'.
computer -> computers
house -> houses

Some nouns have irregular plurals.
mouse -> mice
fish -> fish

A noun is never made plural with an apostrophe.

The apostrope and 's' are used to show possession.
Ron's (belonging to Ron)
Ginny's (belonging to Ginny)

However, pronouns have their own possessive forms:
his (belonging to him)
hers (belonging to her)
theirs (belonging to them)
its (belonging to it; it's means 'it is')

[ronsmyman]

I have a pet peeve like that.

It's Sher-BET

NOT Sher-BERT

Argh...The only time when that is acceptable is on Sesame Street when it's funny, because Bert asks Ernie if he wants some Sherbert and Ernie says, "Sure Bert" and it's a good time and everyone laughs. But that is the ONLY acceptable time.